upset here in the u.k. has claimed the life of sean hoare he was the first journalist to allege that his editor at the news of the world and he calls and knew about and in fact actively encouraged phone hacking at his newspaper the blogosphere has been set alight with comparisons between the death of sean hoare and the death of un weapons inspector dr david kelly back in two thousand and three there's more information about that in my report. another political scandal erupts another whistleblower diaries sean hoare was the first former news of the world journalists to go on the record to allege that phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that it editor andy colson actively encouraged it paul was found dead in his house on monday setting the blogosphere into a frenzy of comparisons with the case of dr david kelly why isn't the sun horror story bigger reminds me of how dr david kelly was bumped off early similar tragedies of sean hoare in david kelly all this madness and david kelly sean who are this what i'm thinking something's not right dr kelly was the u.n. weapons inspector wh

insane about it really comparing the death of sean hoare to the death of david kelly in two thousand and three but he of course was the u.n. weapons inspector who first. doubts on the government's claims that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes so those two deaths are being compared likely on twitter and i'll just read a few of the tweets that we've seen comparing these two deaths one says i can't help feeling there must be foul play involved in the sean hoare death much as i suspected with dr david kelly an uneasy feeling another one says it says everything about the british public paranoia that sean hoare is trending alongside david kelly that shows a deep distrust of all thoreson in this country and another one anyone else see the similarities in situation between sean hoare and david kelly or is it just me were they pushed or did they jump and in another extraordinary coincidence it turns out that both bodies were found on the eighteenth of july short hordes of course just yesterday and dr david kelly in two thousand and three so eighteenth of

meanwhile questions are being asked over the death of journalist sean hoare the man credited with revealing the phone hacking scandal and it's also reports it's drawing striking parallels with another case. another political scandal erupts another whistleblower diaries sean hoare was the first former news of the world journalists to go on the record to allege that phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that its editor andy colson actively encouraged it who was found dead in his house on monday setting the blogosphere into a frenzy of comparisons with the case of dr david kelly why isn't this sean hoare story bigger reminds me of how dr david kelly was bumped off. eerily similar tragedies of shaun hall and david kelly wallace madness to what end david kelly shawn who are that's what i'm thinking something's not trying to talk to kelly was the u.n. weapons inspector who first cast doubt on the government's claim that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes it led to scrutiny of tony blair's decision to invade iraq by extraordinary coincidence kell

encouraged phone hacking has been found dead at his home sean hoare said that illegal phone tapping was widely used as a means of finding stories and a former editor andy cole said something cool since tonight. joining us live now in london with these latest developments tonight laura what more do we know about this dramatic development what are the police saying. we don't know very much at the moment kevin we do know that it was found dead along the road where sean hoare lived police haven't confirmed that it was in fact him yet they found they found a body dead at home in watford just outside london they say they are not treating the death as suspicious they don't think that any other party was involved but they say they are looking at the possibility that it might have been suicide now obviously this comes at a very unfortunate for the whole phone hacking scandal as it unfolds sean hoare as you said is a former news of the world journalist who worked on and. when he was editor of the news of the world on tickles and of course subsequently became david cameron the prime minister's

home sean hoare said the legal phone tapping was widely used as a means of finding stories of the former editor andy cools and that he denies lauren that has the latest from london. they found a body home in watford just outside london they say they are not treating the death as suspicious they don't think that any other party was involved but they say they are looking at the possibility that it might have been suicide now obviously this comes at a very unfortunate for the whole phone hacking scandal as it unfolds. as you said as a former news of the world journalists who worked on and. when he was editor of the news of the world and of course subsequently became david cameron the prime minister's communications director before he quit that post in january he was a show business reporter and he was the first named journalist to say that course and had been very aware and actively encouraged phone hacking during his time of the news of the world sean hoare told the new york times and also the b.b.c. that he was directly asked by andy cool to hack into phones in pursuit of stories t

there are similarities between kelly and sean hoare being at the center of one of these storms a terrifying experience i really don't believe either david or sean hoare was murdered because. i simply don't think it would have been in anyone's interest to murder them once they'd got into the public spotlight anyone with an iota of sense in government would have known that to kill them would just would just amplify the story i think it simply i think both were under enormous pressure from their roles as whistle blows and and found it difficult to cope with that pressure sean hoare was evidence could have been crucial to proving that the news of the world editors supported a culture of listening to private voice mails for stories former editor andy colson who later became a media director to the current prime minister has always denied the allegations the man was destroyed professionally by views international the journalistic world in london is a very small place and the man was distraught he was well known but he was drinking too much taking drugs he was depressed moralized police

sean hoare was the first former news of the world journalists to go on the record to allege that phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that its editor andy colson actively encouraged it paul was found dead in his house on monday setting the bloke a spear into a frenzy of comparisons with the case of dr david kelly why isn't the sean hoare story bigger reminds me of how dr david kelly was bumped off eerily similar tragedies of seem war and david kelly all this madness and war there and then it can we sean who are this what i'm thinking something's not right dr kelly was the u.n. weapons inspector who first cause doubt on the government's claim that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes it led to scrutiny of tony blair's decision to invade iraq by extraordinary coincidence kelly's body was discovered exactly eight years before that of sean hordes on the eighteenth of july two thousand and three it was british journalist andrew gilligan who david kelly had spoken to to publicize his belief that the forty five minute claim had been exaggerated believe

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. sean hoare the initial "news of the world" whistle blower is found dead. david cameron cuts short of visit to africa. >> i'm determined to get to the bottom of it. >> tonight we examine the damage he is suffering and the state of the met. then we'll talk about that committee hearing with rupert murdoch tomorrow. also tonight the united states prepared last month their drones have stopped killing pakistani civilians. we have news evidence which says that's wrong. good evening is britain's biggest and most important police force merely inexcept or corrupt or possibly both? you can forgive people for wondering. public confidence in the police is said to be rocking after two high-profile resignation. the met police chief admitting he took a free stay at a health spa, a botched initial investigation into phone-hacking and tonight the revelation that a former senior executive at "the news of the world" was working for the met at the same time. how far wan we trust the yard and the people who run it. here is richard watson. >> reporters would meet some of the met's most senior officers in t

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sean hoare who was found dead tonight, just weeks after telling them he had been pressured to tap phones. his death is being described as unexplained but not suspicious. nick robinson for bbc news, westminster. >> for more on how this could impact the report marked empire, i am joined by a senior business writer for bloomberg news. -- this could impact the rupert murdoch empire, i am joined by a senior business writer for bloomberg news. what can they say that will reassure shareholders? >> i think shareholders will want to hear that the worst is past. there's a sense among shareholders -- viavoice given rupert murdoch -- they have always given rupert murdoch a bit of a break. there has always been a bit of a murdoch discount thinking he is going to do what he wants to do and do not always what is best for shareholders. they've given him a break because he has a good view long- term of where the company is going. now he and his management team look like a group that is not in front of the news. they continue to get hammered by events. they are not prepared for it. they're constant

the home of the former "news of the world" showbiz reporter sean hoare. his death is being described as unexplained but not suspicious. nick be robinzon, bbc news, westminster. >> the sun newspaper owned by rupert murdoch's news international has suffered a huge attack by computer hackers. anyone trying to go to the website was turned to another website. posted reports on the company's websites fallsly claiming that rupert murdoch had been found dead. well, earlier we spoke to a professor from the democracy institute. this is likely to be an insightful one. >> i think the surprise that we can in a perverse sense look forward to is that the murdoches i think in a comparative sense be somewhat forth right, somewhat comparatively insightful than we would have expected because their attempts to say as little as possible in recent days and weeks have failed and failed miserablely. they will belatedly see the sense in becoming more forthcoming. they will be more forth right compared to rebecca brooks if she does show up because of the huge legal cloud now directly over her head, it will be

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corruptive practices. what about the death last night of sean hoare the former news of the world journalists who were blew the whistle of course on phone hacking at the pain in the first place and it's got conspiracy theorists in overdrive no matter how you look at it it doesn't. well i don't think there's anything sinister in his death although i have to say that the man was destroyed professionally by news international the journalistic world in london is a very small place and it's the message gets around that you don't get to work here anymore. your career is finished and that's all that short of war really had was that business. a business show business journalism that he had on the mountain was destroyed he was well known but he was drinking too much taking drugs he was depressed demoralized and. it's most strange news. what about the hierarchy in britain everyone calls talking about britain's top politicians their close ties with news international would it be so close in the future maybe briefly. i don't think. there's always going to be a close relationship between polit